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A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from our lives.
A simple, special, memorable moment.
A moment I want to pause, savor and keep close to my heart.
If you are inspired to do the same–leave us a link in the comments.
Happy weekend everyone!
Exactly how does one get ball point pen off a black and white photo?
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So, April just sent me an email that said:
“Kindalikethis…”
Smarty pants.
In the next installment of “Techno-challenged Grammy” we’ll be wiping the baby’s chin. ha!
And just like that, Jillian writes:
“I fixed a scratch on the original photo as well as the chin thing. See what you think.”
What I think is…
Where the heck did I get all these brilliant children?!!
What a blessing…
Hard to believe, I know, but these charming Fairy-folk were magically captured in the meadow one day, while romping…
and playing…
taking sweet calmness…
and wild animal behavior…
in flitting, gentle turns.
So, my dear friends–if you find yourself in the woods, or the forest, or the meadow, any time soon–and it seems to you, unusually quiet…
we know why.
I’ll give you a hint…
We…
have captured…
all
the
Sprites.
~More Than Memories Photography by Marta Smith
When my children were little one thing that was always a part of Christmas and New Year’s was the “cracker.” Not a cracker-cracker, like you’d eat with cheese, but a cracker like the paper ones you’d break open with a “crack” and find small prizes inside. One of the trinkets that was always a charming part of the cracker was a paper crown. They were quite fragile–being made out of tissue paper and all, but the kids loved them. Best part about them was that it was a fun tradition that they came to expect and love.
So, years later, when they were grown–we got really brave and decide not only to make our own crowns, but to hand make the crackers as well. We had a blast finding just the right loot to fill the crackers with for each family member.
And it was even more fun to force all the grown-ups to wear the crowns! HA!
If you’d like to make your own crackers or crowns–it’s so easy and there’s still time.
Click HERE for crowns
I hope you’ll come back and show us how they turn out!
Do you remember waking on Christmas morning before it was even light outside, and shaking with excitement as you saw the front room that had been transformed into a sparkling, positively magical place? Boy, I do.
It was so wonderful watching Chompy open her presents, and love them…
even the clothes! What a good sport of a baby.
Jillian could hardly believe the lovely gifts she received from her dearest friend Sarah–all the way from England!
The bald kid was thrilled with his Russian vocabulary book. Pretty sure that’s going to come in handy–real soon.
Then our April and the “second wave” arrived. Sounds like the name of a band–don’t you think?
The babies were sweet to take turns and tried very hard to wait patiently until their turn to open a present…
but they never understood why we would ask them to come open something else–when they were happily playing with what they already had. Perhaps next year, we’ll take things a bit slower and maybe take a full week or so to unwrap. Don’t know if anyone will agree with me, but wouldn’t a couple of presents every day be great fun–instead of all at once?
Ok, it’s true. We did have our share of meltdowns here and there, simply because…
we didn’t know that a toy drum would be the hit of the land…and there are three kids…and one drum.
Do the math.
But the day was, by farrrr—a mystical, magical thing, with enough squeals and giggling to add a hundred years to this grammy’s heart.
“All of the music All of the magic All of the family home here with me.”I do hope your Christmas was everything that brings you joy! Thanks for being with us!